Caleb Sprague Henry (1804–1884) was an American

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clergyman and author.

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Caleb Sprague Henry was born in Rutland, Massachusetts on August 2, 1804. He graduated from

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in 1825 and studied

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at Andover Theological Seminary and

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. In 1828 he became a Congregational minister at Greenfield, Massachusetts, and in 1833 removed to

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. In 1834 he started the '' American Advocate of Peace'', the organ of the American Peace Society. He then entered the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church and was professor of moral and intellectual

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in Bristol College, Pa., (1835–38). In 1837, with the aid of Rev.

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, he established the New York ''Review''. He was professor of history and philosophy in

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from 1839 to 1852. Later he was rector of various churches, but was chiefly engaged in literary work. He translated Guizot's ''History of Civilization'' and other works from the French and was the author of several works, including ''Compendium of Christian Antiquities'' (1837), ''Social Welfare and Human Progress'' (1860), and ''Satan as a Moral Philosopher'' (1877). He died in Newburgh, New York on March 9, 1884.

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